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Examining the relationship between personality, organizational political skill and perceived team performance in a multinational military staff exercise context

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|Dec 2016

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Intercorrelations, means and standard deviations of the Big Five dimensions of personality, Political skill total score and perceived team performance (n = 185)

Variables1234567MSD
1. Extraversion

Scale scores could range from one (lowest degree) to nine (highest degree).

5.571.97
2. Agreeableness

Scale scores could range from one (lowest degree) to nine (highest degree).

–0.22

P < 0.01;

5.901.62
3.Conscientiousness

Scale scores could range from one (lowest degree) to nine (highest degree).

0.10–0.105.701.71
4. Openness

Scale scores could range from one (lowest degree) to nine (highest degree).

0.010.11–0.135.311.85
5. Emotional stability

Scale scores could range from one (lowest degree) to nine (highest degree).

0.140.060.04–0.106.191.87
6. PSI total score

Scale scores could range from one (strongly disagree) to seven (strongly agree).

0.35

P < 0.01;

0.170.070.140.17

P < 0.05.

5.060.71
7. Team performance

Scale scores could range from one (strongly disagree) to seven (strongly agree).

0.17

P < 0.05.

–0.070.120.15

P < 0.05.

0.23

P < 0.01;

0.32

P < 0.01;

5.710.95

Regression results for the association of the Big Five personality dimensions Extraversion, Openness and Emotional stability, and Political skills total score with perceived team performance (n = 184)

Dependent variable (Perceived team performance)Model
Predictor variablesBetap
 Extraversion0.060.459
 Openness0.130.067
 Emotional stability0.190.007
 PSI total score0.250.001
R2/adjusted R20.150/0.131
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jms-2016-0003 | Journal eISSN: 1799-3350 | Journal ISSN: 2242-3524
Language: English
Page range: 24 - 30
Submitted on: Jan 25, 2016
Accepted on: Aug 17, 2016
Published on: Dec 31, 2016
Published by: National Defense University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2016 Alicia Ohlsson, Erik Hedlund, Gerry Larsson, published by National Defense University
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